Hi Steve, Try this,
procedure TForm1.Button15Click(Sender: TObject); begin if OpenDialog1.Execute then Edit13.Text := Opendialog1.Filename else Edit13.Text := "No file selected"; end; Kind Regards Grant Brown Steve Bowker wrote: > Hi, > It's always the way, you try and do something simple, and run into a brick > wall! > > OK, I have a button I click to open up a dialog: > > procedure TForm1.Button15Click(Sender: TObject); > begin > OpenDialog1.Execute; > OpenDialog1.FreeOnRelease; > end; > > When I click the button, the dialog pops up, I select a file, and just want > to display it in an Edit field as follows: > > procedure TForm1.OpenDialog1Close(Sender: TObject); > begin > Edit13.Text := Opendialog1.Filename; > end; > > But what is displayed in the Edit field is rubbish such as "às" or "@t" - > which is strange because the contents differ even if I select the same file > each time! > > I think this might be something to do with Unicode characters(?) but am not > sure. > I am using Delphi 5 on Windows XP SP2 > > Any help appreciated. > > Regards, > Steve Bowker > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] > http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi > -- Kind Regards Grant Brown SiteDoc Pty Ltd mob: 0412 926 995 www.sitedoc.com.au __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This email message together with any attachments is intended only for the addressee(s) and contains information that may be confidential and/or copyright. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by reply email (or telephone SiteDoc Pty Ltd on +61 2 42291185) and immediately delete this email together with any attachments from your computer. If you are the intended recipient, you must not copy, disclose, reproduce or distribute this communication together with any attachments without the authority of SiteDoc Proprietary Limited. No representation is made that this email or any attachments are free of viruses. Virus scanning is recommended and is the responsibility of the recipient. Unless specifically stated by the sender as the views of SiteDoc Proprietary Limited, any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and no responsibility will be borne by SiteDoc Proprietary Limited for its content or outcomes. _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi
